Ulster 13 Edinburgh 9

Scotland coach Matt Williams took a huge gamble today by naming versatile Edinburgh layer Hugo Southwell at inside-centre for Saturday’s daunting RBS Six Nations Championship opener against France in the Stade de France.

Scotland’s development tour officially ended today when eight players were sent home and Matt Williams’ trimmed down Test squad began fierce preparations for the first Hopetoun Cup Test match against Australia on Sunday.

Matt Williams did not face quite the dilemma he expected when deciding who to cut from Scotland’s touring squad ahead of the Test matches against Australia, with three recent replacements and four injured players heading home.